Long-vacant Surrey building sale/lease pitch brings ‘strong interest’
Published 12:00 pm Friday, February 27, 2026
Surrey’s long-vacant 104 Avenue building is for sale and lease under a new name amid efforts to bring the building up to code and finally give it some life.
The 271,000-square-foot District 104 mixed-use complex is advertised as “Surrey’s newest landmark for strata office and retail” on the Colliers real estate website.
In September, work crews painted and began renovating the building, sold last May in a $56.5-million, court-ordered deal to a numbered company after 27 years of sitting empty, since 1998.
Originally named Asian Centre, the now-notorious building is marketed as “a strategic investment opportunity in Surrey’s rapidly changing urban transformation.”
Dilraj (Dylan) Sohi, senior vice-president with Colliers, said the sale/lease pitch aims to bring the building to life on the Whalley/Guildford border.
“It could be one group that comes in and takes the whole building, but it’s highly likely it’s going to be multiple office and retail groups,” Sohi told the Now-Leader.
“We have strong interest from both buyers and potential occupiers on a lease basis,” he added. “The work being done, we want to make the building walkable, for prospective buyers and occupiers to be able to walk through comfortably, not like a typical construction site.”
A court fight over ownership of the building has been resolved, according to Sohi.
“There’s nothing hampering us from being able to start executing on leases or contracts of purchase and sale,” he said.
“We’ve all watched the building over the years,” Sohi added. “What this building offers is an affordable option for new space. It’s not just a facelift the current owner is conducting here, it’s a full-on gut to bring the building back to current standards. It will be competitive pricing that will allow the community to come and fill the building and bring it to life, which is what we all want to see happen.”
In South Surrey, Colliers is also involved in the court-ordered sale of Elgin Business Park’s four buildings, totaling 105,111 square feet on a 3.94-acre site between 148 Street and King George Boulevard, south of 32 Avenue.